The world-famous start-up – investor meetup is taking over Helsinki in November: Slush 2024! Join us and meet some of the fastest-growing startups in the world who are changing the way we work and live. The session is targeted to startups and companies, investors and policymakers and local developers to discover how digital tools are enabling disrupting the “business as usual” with circular business models.
About this session:
Join the launch: Nordic Outlook 2024 panel shares how the Nordic giants, listed companies, are tackling sustainability challenges in their strategy? Is future profit depending on it?
Meet the future makers: 6 startups get on stage to share their digital Ai-based solutions supporting second life, reoccurring profit, scalability and digital traceability.
Get connected at the breakfast mingle: Meet the Nordic frontrunners, ecosystems and funders and build strategic connections!
20 November: Meet the Nordic frontrunners at the SLUSH kickstart — AI to solve sustainability challenges for better profit
8.00 Breakfast is served
8.10 Opening
8.15 Are the Nordic listed companies going circular? Launching the Nordic Outlook 2024
– Michel Bajuk, Managing Director, Cradlenet/Nordic Circular Hotspot
– Heidi Peltonen, Vice President/Sustainability, Outokumpu
– Michael Hanf, Lead/Sustainable Business, VTT
8.35 Reoccurring profit with AI-supported tools
Why sell the product only once? What second life forms, platforms and digital tools are companies using to make better profit?
Case textile sector:
– Tuomo Laine, Co-founder/Managing Director, Twice Commerce
– Kasper Karimaa, Managing Director, Tree
– Mikko Linnaluoma, Digital Programmes Director, REIMA
– Karri Lehtomaa, Founder/CEO, Winterent
Case construction sector:
– Ulrikke Lien, CEO, Sensorita (Norway)
– Leo Salomaa, Founder, Make a BIM + Maija Parviainen, CEO, Studio MPRA
– Miro Ristimäki, Leading Adviser/Head of Innovation, SKANSKA
9.30 The power of synergy: Connecting ecosystems more important than ever
– Inka Orko, Chair (VTT), Helsinki-Uusimaa Circular Hub
– Outi Suomi, Mission Lead/Circular Transition for Zero Waste, Business Finland
– Cathrine Barth, Managing Partner & Co-founder, Nordic Circular Hotspot
9.45 Closing, Breakfast mingle continues
The Side Event is organized by Helsinki-Uusimaa Circular Hub in collaboration with Business Finland, Nordic Circular Hotspot and MiXi.